Novelty container



June 9, 1925." 1,540,800

- J. NUTRY NOVELTY CONTAINER Filed April 18. 2 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ,4; ATTORNEY June 9, 1925. 1,540,800

J. NUTRY NDVELTY CONTAINER Filed April 18, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 9, 1925. I X

. JGJI-IN NU-TRY; or ninenwoon new JERSEY.

' novewrwcomexmn ipplication m April 18;,1922ip5e1ial No. 555,468.

To all column; z'tsmayi concern:

Be it. known thatqLHJoHmNUTR a citi be indicated intheappended-claims. zenof the United States, and resident of In the accompanying drawings; hichare "Ridgewood in thes countyaof Bergen and toibe. takenuas a part ofthiscspecification,

5 State of New-.Jersey haveainyented certain, andiin which I have shown nerely a.prenew, andusefulqllmpno zeinents in Noveltyl,ferrediiorin, of einbodinient ofithe inven- Containers, of whichg,the i ollowingg.is a tion 7 specification. p :aFigure 1 is aplan view of; a container This ini ent-iom1'elates..to-a inOvelty .con-. constructed in. accordancenvith this inven- 10 taineruand an, object of-the; invention is tout d011, the. readily relea sa-bleaooyer thereof PI'OVlClG a, container adaptedifor use as a beingthroW nopen and exposin ',theimoney- K- bankand havingthe appearanceiofla book. receivingslots, of the body.

i i-i furthenobject isle,sowiorinitheubook- Figur'efll is a, similar. ,vie showing the A shapedcontainer thatc althohwhen closed it ,key-controlled cover th'nown.,open and exwill-bear strong resemhlance to a b-o-olgcyet(posingtheepartiti'oned interior ,ofj. the. body. opening ofaone of;itsrco zers;auillmeveal 1Figure' 3 is an edge, viewmof the cionicertain.coinrreceiving apertureswhile-open ,.tainer,1 heingpartly in vertical seetionsubing otthe-zotheizcover Willi expose thei destantially upon the .plane :ofiline llll iof posit edicoins, the rfirst coyer beingn'eadily Eig. 2. l Q opened:but thensecond; cove-i'rrequiring'the Figure. 4 is. a similar nsejof aspecialkey. in section substantiallyi upon the' planeof A further iand morc detailed-ohjectgis,toline IV of Fig,,2,,ai1d

, make up the body portion ofthe book las a 5 openasidebeinggclosednby onewo f thei book plane, of line V 0i Eig.

vcovers-and held by a suitable -key=controlled v lock, the q ,pposite slide. iof t heybody being in detail the structure hich. .is;thereinillusformed with ampluigal ity; of; appropriately trated, the reference character L indicates designated unoney or coin freceiv ing;'aperthe front, 017 readily releasable, ,coveraofthe tin-es and said. side ,anchapertures being container, 'oiabook, nvhilerthe referencecharnomna-lly 'obscured by thewther cover aof the acterGr indicates he back, ioiykeymontrolled book which is releasably held by a suitable cover of rthe-Hbook. gllhese partsnnay be snap;fasteiieimdevice.' 7 formed; 1nany appropriateunanner,and are A; further object is to prov de partition preferably coveredt bye a, sint-ablea-bind ng ,n1eans ithin the-Ybody-{portion of;the-conunaterial so that,theymaresubstantially the tainer formi ig sepaa'ate compartments. for same inexteizior;a1;1pearancet0any ordinary coins ofwdifierent denolnrnat-ionS hand to book Covers. 2 The y 0thecontmmr wildillJtgSfiild. p,a1't1t1on;;fo1;n;1 1 ng means sothat hook, 1s indicated \generally byt l BNIr G .;partst-hereofi will: fey n guards to prevent cence character. H and rcorrespondsain ex-= 49 removal of; any C0111; outwardly ytllfllqSH-ldf terlor appearance to: the leaf POIilQIlqO'fiihQ slots. book. An appropriate binder.portionhaS the scopezof arotect-ion contemplatedill iliiewi eing; partl v Figure 5 a is a longitudinal. edge view be rectangularcontalner open-at-. one,side said 111g partly in section substant ally: upon; the

Referring to the drawingsforrdescrihing arkfurthenobjectnis tolsoieonstruot the de-i Lisprovided at one edge,of-the hody, and v 'iceMthat when= the key-controlled cover the covers L andfiiarehinged thereto prelthereof is openiallwof tjhe coins-anayvbeunadei erzibly by hinges as indicated l se,that the 45 to appear in readily accessible pilesi upon covers are free; to swing open to exposeothe said cover. 7 e Opposite sideeof the ho dy, H.

further object is to PBOVdClQllQVGl means Upon the :front cover Liis providedone \vlierebythe-l coinwlithinvthe bank maybeyor more ,sn'ap fastener lug elements, as 3, counted at anytime. adapted; toifrictionally engageewithin aper- 50 Other, objects, and aims {of the--invent-ion tures l "of thebody tl'iatusa id covery may a more tor-less specificwthan those reterredto be temporarily heldiclosed butnayvherreadabove, ivillpho; in part obviousg andin; part pilyopened. herever desired,

pointed out in the course of tlie fellowing The cover G CttIl'lBSf oneco1 -n1o-re=lugs, 5 ..desc1'ipt-ion -of :zthe elements, combinations, so disposed as {to firmly interengage i-th arrangements :of part-s, anduapplications got: latch elementsfi lot the bOdyvWlIQII;SZLlClCOV6I -iprinciples eonstitmtil-ig Hthminuerfflsiom; endmis closed, saiddatch elements;afoiglning parts of a lock mechanism, as indicated 7, car ried by the body and adapted to be controlled by a key, as 8;

The body H is rigidly connected with the binder portion 1 of the book and consists of a front wall 9, end edge walls 10 and 11, and a side edge wall 12. The front wall 9 is shaped to provide a marginal rib 13 against which the cover L rests when closed, said rib and cover being adapted thereby to define asuitable open space, or compartment, l l, between said front wall and the cover when the cover is closed for containing a suitable bank, or memorandum, book such as may be appropriately kept always with the bank.

The central portion of the front wall is depressed, as at 15, so as to provide a ledge 16 thru which is formed coin slots 17, 18 and 19, and an opposite ledge 20 thru which is formed coin slots 21, 22 and 23, said slots being thus disposed so that the operation of inserting the coins may be performed by resting the coins flat upon the depressed portion 15 and by sliding them laterally into the slots and beneath the relatively raised portions 24 of the front wall.

The front wall may also be provided with a slot, as 25, thru which paper money, or the like, may be inserted.

The relatively raised portions 24 of the front wall are provided with sight apertures 26 therethru one for each of the coin slots and disposed so that the coins deposited in the respective slots may be seen and inspected at any time.

The snap fastener openings 4; occur .in this front wall and, as above suggested, it is intended that the cover L, when closed, shall cover and conceal all of the coin slots and other features of the front wall described.

The end and side edge walls 10, 11 and 12, are preferably formed integrally with the front wall, being bent upwardly therefrom and the outer surfaces being polished, or otherwise treated, so as to resemble the leaf edges of an ordinary book.

' the inner surface of the depressed portion 15 of the front wall 9 of the body, and has an opening, as 32, formed therein registering with the slot of said front wall so as not to interfere with the free introduction of paper into the interior of the body.

The walls 28 and 29 constitute transverse partitions within the body substantially unouter coin receiving compartments, as 34- and 35.

The partition member 30 is shaped to define Within the compartment 34 a plurality of separate stalls, as 36, 37 and 38, one for each of the slots 17 18 and 19. v

The partition member 31 is shaped to define within the compartment a plurality of separate stalls, as 39, 40 and 41, one for each of the slots 21, 22 and 23.

The sight apertures 26 register one with each of the several stalls and are intended to afford a view of any coins within the stalls, particularly to the extent that. the number of coins contained within each stall at any particular time may be counted by the assistance of a scale, as l2, which it is intended shall be printed, or otherwise impressed on, to the outer side surfaces of the walls 28 and 29, one scale within each stall.

Anysuitable means may be provided for preventing removal of coins outwardly thru the coin slots, but as a simple expedient to this end the drawing herein shows the plate 27 to be cut in a manner so as to provide a plurality of spring fingers, as 43, which project one or more into each of the stalls, the ends, as 44, of said fingers within the'stalls being bent so as to stand in an inclined position acrossthe money slots as best indicated in Fig. 5. When a coin is moved into the slot the pressure of the coin will readily move the fingers aside so as to permit the coin to pass. Once inside retro- .gressive movement, however, will be posi tively obstructed by the inclined portion of the fingers.

The lock mechanism 7 employed may be of any suitable type but preferably is constructed and made to operate in substan' tially the same manner as shown and de scribed in my copending application, Serial No. 555,469. The casing for the movable parts of this mechanism may be conveniently formed by arranging an up-turned wall portion, as 45, of the plate 27 so that it will stand spaced from and substantially parallel with the inner surface of the side edge wall 12 of the body, thus leaving a cavity between said two walls.

The rib 13 of the front wall of the body may be proportioned so that its interior will constitute a part of this cavity, as seen in Fig. 4:, and an edge portion, as 4-6, of the wall 12 of the body may be bent to overlap an adjacent edge portion of the wall. 4L5 so as thus to hold all of said parts rigidly a.- sembled.

It will be seen from this description that if the book be laid upon its side with the cover G lowermost, all of the coins, as indi' Ill) lit)

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body beneath the relnti veljr, depmsed pm tion"oftlielfroneiwzfll in the-space between:

Stl'fd'fStil'HS, the body nmT'frnnt cover ofthe back cover constituting a closure for the otherwise open back of said body and stalls and constituting a surface upon which said paper money and the piles of coins may rest, and means whereby said back cover may be locked against opening by unauthorized hands.

7. A book-shaped bank comprising a body portion and front and back covers arranged cover may be locked against opening by unauthorized hands. v

i 8. A book-shaped bank comprising a body portion and front and back covers arranged to swing into and out of closed position against the body portion, the body portion having a front wall beneath the front cover, said front wall having a money slot therethru thru which coins may be inserted into the interior of the body, means within the body defining a stall within which the coins will be retained in pile formation, said front wall having a sight opening therethru, and a scale provided upon said stall forming means visible thru said sight opening by which to count the coins within the stall.v

9. A book-shaped bank comprising a body portion and front and back covers arranged to swing into and out of closed-position against the body portion, the body portion having a front wall beneath the front cover, said front wall having a money slot thereth ru thru which coins may be inserted into the interior of the body, means within the body defining a stall within which the coins will be retained in pile formation, and a guard device comprised in said stall forming means adapted to prevent egress of coins outwardly thru said slot.

10. A book-shaped bank comprising a body portion and front and back covers arranged to swing into and out of closed position against the body portion, the body portion having a front wall beneath the front cover, said front wall having a plurality of money slots therethru thru which coins may be inserted into the interior of the body, a partition forming device contained within the body comprising parts constituting stalls, one for each of said slots, within which coins deposited thru the respective slots will be retained in pile formation, and said partition forming means having parts also disposed to constitute guard devices adjacent the several slots adapted to prevent egress of coins outwardly thru the slots.

11. A receptacle adapted to be used as a bank, means within the receptacle dividing the interior thereof into spaced compartments, one adapted to receive coins therein and the other to receive articles such as paper money therein, the upper wall of the receptacle having a relatively raised portion overlying the coin receiving compartment and a relatively depressed portion overlying the other, compartment, said upper wall also having a slot through which paper money may be inserted, the juncture between the relatively raised and the relatively depressed portion of said upper wall providing a ledge having a slot through which coins may be inserted into the coin compartment, and the relatively depressed portion providing a surface upon which coins may be laid and across which they may be slid through said last slot.

12. A receptacle adapted-to be used as a bank, means within the receptacle dividing the interior thereof into spaced compartments, one adapted to receive coins therein and the other to receive articles such as paper money therein, the upper wall of the receptacle having a relatively raised por tion overlying the coin receiving compartment and a relatively depressed portion overlying the other compartment, said upper wall also having a. slot through which paper money may be inserted, the juncture between the relatively raised and the relatively depressed portion of said upper wall providing a ledge having a slot through which coins may be inserted into the coin con'ipartn'ient, the relatively depressed portion providing a surface upon which coins may be laid-and across which they may be slid throughsaid last slot, and the material of said upper wall adjacent said last slot being shaped to provide guard means disposed to prevent egress of coins outwardly through said last slot.

13. A receptacle adapted to be used as a bank, means within the receptacle dividing the interior thereof into spaced compartments, one adapted to receive coins therein and the other to receive articles such as paper money therein, the upper wall of the receptacle having a relatively raised portion overlying the coin receiving compartment and a relatively depressed portion overlying the other compartment, said upper wall also having a slot through which paper money may be inserted, the juncture between the relatively raised and the relatively depressed portion of said upper wall providing a ledge having a slot through which coins may be inserted into the coin compartment, the relatively depressed portion providing a surface upon which coins may be laid and across which they may be Ell) slid through said last slot, arid the material of said upper Wall adjacent said last slot being out to provide spring fingers, continuing from the depressed portion thereof and disposed to provide guard means adjacent said last slot to prevent egress of come out wurdiy through the last slot.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

- JOHN NUTRY.

Witnesses ELIZABETH SYGIEL, ALBERT MIDONIOK. 

